MORE prisoners have been moved from the Maximum Security Prison as national security authorities focus on dismantling the criminal elements whose plot led to the state of emergency (SoE) being declared.

Some ten prisoners were removed from cellblock 13 and placed at military bases at the start of the SoE for additional security and to limit their networks after authorities unearthed a plot to kill high-ranking officials stemming from within the prison's walls.

Speaking on TV6's Morning Edition, Commissioner of Police (CoP) Allister Guevarro said the prisoners were removed after it was realised that new leadership had begun emerging within the prison.